The phrase "capacity for doing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone's ability or potential to perform a specific action or task.
Example: "Her capacity for doing complex mathematical calculations is impressive."
Alternatives: "ability to perform" or "capability of doing".
Energy, in physics, the capacity for doing work.
Energy is usually and most simply defined as the equivalent of or capacity for doing work.
Just when you thought we had reached peak emoji, an actual – sorry, IRL – aubergine arrives in the post, to remind us that the human capacity for doing ridiculous things "because internet" knows no bounds.
They speak the soothing language of upper-class good manners, but all are unable to face their damaged selves, or contemplate their capacity for doing damage in their turn.
Mr. Cuomo also showed a capacity for doing damage to himself, as when he derided Gov. George E. Pataki as having merely held Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's coat after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Underlying these simplifications is a deeply American faith in our own capacity — for doing good, for getting things done — a faith that Hollywood has always been happy to indulge.
But I think we can expand our geographic sense of responsibility, and by doing so expand our individual capacities for doing and continuing to do good.
"If we want to have great scientists, letting preschoolers explore, play and do pretend play exercises the capacities for doing science," Dr. Gopnik said.
5 Furthermore, he argued that human capacity for growth does not diminish with age, nor does the need for growth become less relevant as we age.
"And then there's a fairly small group who, no matter what we do to try to potentiate their capacity for compassion, don't have that capacity.
In this case, the argument of the study is that once the capacity of poor is enhanced for doing business then the opportunity to employ other poor people will also be increased, consequently; the poverty would be reduced geometrically.
